Kids Book Index
Alastair Helm
A fox slips into the Three Bears’ home, greeting the riches and jewels he encounters while taking their treasures. His covert trip is told in rhyme and paired with detailed illustrations. The story frames the fox’s theft as a humorous heist, following the wily visitor through the house and its valuables as he looks for more things to take away.
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Assassination of Brangwain SpurgeM.T. Anderson & Eugene Yelchin, art…Elfin historian Brangwain Spurge is sent across the mountains into goblin territory to deliver a valuable peace offering to a mysterious dark lord and to spy on the goblin kingdom. No elf has returned from there alive in more than a century. A goblin and an elf must set aside their differences to protect their kingdoms. Their alternating viewpoints unfold through text and drawings.All readersOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Water Land: Land and Water Forms Around the WorldChristy HaleDie-cut pages compare bodies of water with corresponding landforms, changing one into the other as pages turn. A lake becomes an island, a bay becomes a cape, and a gulf becomes a peninsula. The book labels forms such as straits, systems of lakes, isthmuses, and archipelagos. A multi-page foldout supplies brief definitions, examples from around the world, and a map locating some of them.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
How Mamas Love Their BabiesJuniper FitzgeraldThis illustrated book portrays mothers caring for their babies through many kinds of work. Its scenes include a mother flying an airplane, another washing floors, and another working as a stripper and dancer. Across these different jobs, the book centers on mothers’ love for their children and their efforts to provide for them. Retro-style photographic collages accompany the prose, including a depiction of a parent who is a sex worker.All readersOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details